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Photograph of Exercise Conant House
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Conant, Exercise, House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.

From the record

“The Exercise Conant House is a historic First Period house in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. Most of this 2.5-story wood-frame house was built after 1715 for the Reverend John Chipman, and contains many fine Georgian features.”

Wikipedia article Exercise Conant House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 350 National Register listings in Essex County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Essex County.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 634 Cabot St., Beverly, 01915
  • When was it listed? 1990-03-09
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
  • Township. Beverly city
  • National Register reference number. 90000199 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

64 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Conant, Exercise, House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning14
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBEVERLY
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBEVERLY
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlDANVERS
8 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBEVERLY
4 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBEVERLY
3 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 6,623 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 6,623 specimens collected within 10 miles of Conant, Exercise, House between 1800 and 1975: 2,357 Plantae, 2,101 Animalia, 1,264 Fungi, 423 Unrecorded, 313 Chromista, 100 Bacteria, 65 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A H HIGGINSON, A. A. Eaton, A. B. Hervey and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Rhodocollybia prolixa, not of this specimenRhodocollybia prolixa var. distorta (Fr.) AntonĂ­n, Halling & Noordel.1800R. B. MackintoshPeabody
A photograph of the species Brasenia schreberi, not of this specimenBrasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel.1821not recordedPleasant Pond, Wenham, Mass.
A photograph of the species Diphyscium foliosum, not of this specimenDiphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D.Mohr1822ALCOTT
A photograph of the species Arcyria oerstedii, not of this specimenArcyria oerstedii Rostaf., 18751826F. A. Gilbert
A photograph of the species Glyceria obtusa, not of this specimenGlyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.1838W Oakes
A photograph of the species Lecanora tartarea, not of this specimenLecanora tartarea (L.) Ach.1839E. TuckermanManchester
A photograph of the species Ochrolechia yasudae, not of this specimenOchrolechia yasudae Vainio1839Tuckerman, E.[USA] Manchester, Massachusetts.
A photograph of the species Clethra alnifolia, not of this specimenClethra alnifolia L.1840OakesHerbariumRowley
A photograph of the species Euphorbia polygonifolia, not of this specimenEuphorbia polygonifolia L.1840Wolle, J.Ipswich
A photograph of the species Iva frutescens, not of this specimenIva frutescens L.1840Oakesad Ipswich
A photograph of the species Potentilla anserina, not of this specimenPotentilla anserina L.1840Wolle, J.Ipswich
A photograph of the species Sisymbrium officinale, not of this specimenSisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.1840OakesIpswich

All 6,623 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Conant, Exercise, House: 4 plants, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Thorium, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Travers Labs Refinery--Beverly, Ma.Mercury, Silver, Gold, REEPlant
Danvers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Donald Innis IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hale Engineering Co--Danvers, Ma.TungstenPlant
Thiokol Ventron Div--Danvers, Ma.ThoriumPlant
Thiokol Ventron Div--Beverly, Ma.ZirconiumPlant
Ventron Corp--Beverly, Ma.ZirconiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this property

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1994Thunderstorm WindBeverly$5,000,000Local police reported numerous trees blown down. At the Beverly Airport, a wind gust to an estimated 70 to 75 mph occurred during a severe thunderstorm, flipping over several light aircraft and damaging a total of 14 aircraft. Five were damaged beyond repair.
October 2011Flash FloodBeverly$1,000,000The Federal Street railroad underpass and portions of Park Street flooded, resulting in several cars getting stuck in the floodwaters. At least eight inches of water flooded the Cummings Center, flooding all first floor businesses (about 200). The Department of Public Works garage flooded, damaging police cars and other city vehicles. Approximately 100 houses were affected by flooding.
August 2013LightningNorth Beverly$15,000WCVB-TV Channel 5 in Boston reported that lightning struck a house on Clifton Avenue, setting the garage on fire.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBeverly$10,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBeverly$10,000no account filed
July 2020FloodBeverly$1,000In Beverly, River Street was flooded with two cars trapped. Cabot Street from Milton Street to Church Street was flooded and impassable.
September 2020FloodBeverly$1,000In Beverly, a car was stuck in street flooding on Pleasant Street.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBeverly$1,000At 542 PM EST, a tree was reported down near Endicott College in Beverly.
July 2008HailBeverly-Penny size hail was accompanied by damaging winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBeverly-Trees down on Cabot Street.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBeverly-Several trees downed. Lightning struck several homes. Damage by fire occurred to one house on Gregg Street after lightning hit a telephone cable entering the house.
July 2004HailBeverly-no account filed
June 2003HailBeverly-no account filed
June 2000Heavy RainBeverly-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindBeverly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Essex County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

From the nomination file

1,335 words on record

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

The whole case file for this property - 1,335 words, 11 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 90000199, 11 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Woodbury, Peter, House0.4 miles1990
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Clubhouse0.8 miles1982
Rea-Proctor Homestead1.0 miles1982
Balch, John, House1.1 miles1973
Friend, James, House1.5 miles1990
Smith, Hazadiah, House1.7 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000199 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Essex CountyAll 350 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.